Definitions for oblivious
əˈblɪv i əsobliv·i·ous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. oblivious(p), unmindful(p)adjective

   (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of

   "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility"

2. forgetful, obliviousadjective

   failing to keep in mind

   "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obliviousadjective

   Lacking awareness; unmindful.

2. obliviousadjective

   Failing to remember; forgetful.

3. Etymology: From obliviosus

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obliviousadjective

   Causing forgetfulness.

   Etymology: obliviosus, Latin.

   Raze out the written troubles of the brain,
   And with some sweet oblivious antidote
   Cleanse the stuff’d bosom. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The British souls
   Exult to see the crouding ghosts descend
   Unnumber’d; well aveng’d, they quit the cares
   Of mortal life, and drink th’ oblivious lake. Philips.

   Oh born to see what none can see awake!
   Behold the wonders of th’ oblivious lake. Alexander Pope, Dunc.

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1. Oblivious

   Oblivious is the fourth single by Scottish new wave band Aztec Camera. It was released as the second single from their 1983 debut album High Land, Hard Rain. The song managed a moderate charting of No. 47 on the UK Singles Chart, but a re-release of the song later that same year proved more successful, entering the top twenty and peaking at No. 18.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obliviousadjective

   promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness

2. Obliviousadjective

   evincing oblivion; forgetful

3. Etymology: [L. obliviosus: cf. F. oblivieux.]

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1. Oblivious

   Oblivious is a comedy game show that aired within the United States of America on TNN/Spike TV at various points between 2002 and 2004. It was also aired on Challenge in the UK, Ireland and The Comedy Channel in Australia and still airs on Real TV in South Korea and on TV2 Zebra in Norway. It no longer airs on Spike TV. Comedian Regan Burns served as host. A DVD was later released featuring the best clips of both seasons.

How to pronounce oblivious?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say oblivious in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of oblivious in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of oblivious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of oblivious in a Sentence

1. Joseph Banister:

   The Internal Revenue Service is everything the so-called tax protesters said it was; nonresponsive, unable to withstand scrutiny, tyrannical, and oblivious to the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.

2. Jeff Sessions:

   Too many politicians and pundits here in America have been woefully oblivious to, or in some cases complicit in, what is going on around us, the failed European Union experiment, and Great Britain’s rejection of it, must serve as a wake-up call for all of us in America.

3. Winning sentence, 1990 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.:

   Delores breezed along the surface of her life like a flat stone forever skipping along smooth water, rippling reality sporadically but oblivious to it consistently, until she finally lost momentum, sank, and due to an over- dose of flouride as a child which caused her to suffer from chronic apathy, doomed herself to lie forever on the floor of her life as useless as an appendix and as lonely as a five-hundred pound barbell in a steroid-free fitness center.

4. Peter Hotez:

   Trying to do science by press release, without backing it up, either with a traditional journal or a preprint... has universally led to misunderstanding and has no place in science. The biotechs are doing it because they're writing for their shareholders, they're writing for their investors, but it's being done in a way that's oblivious to its public health impact and needs to stop.

5. Jennifer Cutrona:

   I got away from the guy, but was extremely upset at how oblivious I had been to this possibility.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=oblivious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Oblivious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=oblivious
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblivious
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oblivious
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=oblivious